Milk-can brush.



J P. GLARKSON.

MILK GAN BRUSH,

APPLICATION F11-ED DBO. u, 190s.

@239%8) v l Patented May 25, 1909.

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.l APAUL ('LARKSON, Ol? QHARLES, MINNESOTA.

no. senese.

Fipeceetion oi? Letters Patent.

Patented Moy 25, 19019.

.Application filed December 1d, 190s. Serisl No. 467,450,

.To all inkom. 'it 'mn/j concs/wi? lio it known that i., J Pz St. Chin-les, Winona coun ty iL (remises, oi l hnnesoto, have invented rertsin new end useful lrnprovements in iili.ll:ilnn Brushes, oi which theiollowing is e speciiicotion.

The ohicct of my invention is to provide n, hrush oi' simple economical construction that is cepzihlc oi lining collapsed lfor inser tion into the con and expended or unfolded rift such insertion, to hring its bristles in pos )n to contact with the Wells oi: the can.

A. further object to Vprin/ide s cenwosher, which 'will :ilwnys ret-ein its proper form heving` no tendency to werp or check after Tseing wot.

A. i'iirthor oliiect to provide e Washing* device, which `will adapt itself to the irregrnn lerlties of the inner snrisce of vthe een.

The invention consists generally in various constructions und combinations, ell es herr,- inefter described sind particularly pointed out in the claims.

in the ecc(uripemfins,r drawings, forming port of this specification, Figure 1 illustrates x the folded position oi the Wsshin device reedy to loe inserted into the een. i* ig. 2 is e'.

similar view, showing the device unfolded,

Fig. 3 is o sectional view on the line X-X oi" Fig. i2, Fig. i is :t view oi e modified construction, showing the device adapted fornse in fruit jars or small cams.

ln the drawings, ond 3 represent iframes, ireiorshly of wire of suitable gage, having; loops 4f formed therein. @n the lower end sind the outer rails oi these frames, sheet nietel holders 5 nre provided having enges (i, between which the bristles 7 ere secured. ihcse bristles are oiisnitehie length to con tect with the wells of the con and thoroughiy aleen the sonic. 'lheontermils of the frames 2 end 3 lieve loo )s 8 formed therein, whereon heads 9 of hondles l() ond l] ere swiveled. These handles extend through the loops@ and one of them has en .off-set portion 12,

around which the other handle 10 is coiledv the hendle 11 in folding or unfolding the frame is adopted porticulerly or cleaning .Y

the inside surfaces of fruit )ers or cans. In

the use oi the device, the brushes orefolded,

against one another, as indicated in Fig. 1, to allow the article to be thrust into the throat or noci: oi the con. The insertion being inode and the operator holding the loop 15 in one hand, will move the loop 14 half a revelution or to the position indicated in Fig. 2 end unfold or expand the brush. Both handies are then `grasped' with one hand and suf- 'iicient pressure applied to force the bristles et the bottom against the Bottom of the con and upon revolving the brush, the inside of the can will'be thoroufmrhly'cleaned.

This type oi brush may, with suitable vari ation in she e, be readily sdapted for clean'- ing recepteciD tubes and bottles, ss well es cans. I do not wish to be coniined therefore, to tho applica.- tion ci the invention, esillustreteillerein.:A

l cleini esY my invention: i. A een-weshinr brush, comprising frames oi spring; material having inner and outer reiis, seid inner rails having loops therein and bristles mounted on seid outer rails, and hanl dies having swiveled connections et one end with seid outer rails sind assingvthrough seid loops, one of seid hand es bein mounted on the other one so es to be oeps le of rotary movement thereon. 2. A device of the class' described, c omprising fremes of s ring wire substantlall trienguler in form swing their,v lower-Sr s downwardly inclined toward the middle of the brush, and bristles mounted on the outer mils of seid frames, handles pivotally`-conneet-ed with the outer side rails of said irsmes and having loose connections With their inner mils, one of seid handles being es of' various kmds, such as" mounted on the other one so as to be capable Iii Witness Whereo, have horounto sei;

` of e, otm'ymovement thereon, and said hanmy hand this 7th day of Decem'ber, 1908.

dies' being sidapted when downward pres- T sure is ap lied the'ieto to bend said frames d PAUL CLARKSON' and force t o bristles thereon against the Dot- Witnesses:

tom and lower corners of the article that is EUGENE MLLER,

being cleaned, substantially as desribed. NLJV. WATSON. 

